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Suffragan diocese Florida, Uruguay

Diocese of Florida

Floriden(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Florida covers the Florida and Durazno departments of Uruguay and was erected in 1931 (originally as Florida-Melo). Its cathedral is the national sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, patroness of Uruguay, and Bishop Alfonso Maria Bauer Ormazabal, S.D.B., was appointed in March 2026.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Basilica Santuario de la Virgen de los Treinta y Tres, in Florida, Uruguay.

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Established
1931
Catholics
91,000
Priests
20
Territory
22,600 km²

Parishes and churches

17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal

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The cathedral

Catedral Basilica Santuario de la Virgen de los Treinta y Tres stands in Florida, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In southern Uruguay, the Diocese of Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Floridensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo, which covers all of Uruguay. Its cathedra rests in a minor basilica, the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Luján, dedicated to Our Lady of Luján. Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, appointed in March 2026, is the current bishop.

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